Employment indicator; to sector/branches
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Margins | Seasonal adjustment | Periods | Employment indicator (Average of the components) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 3.1 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 2.8 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 3.8 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 2.7 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 1.7 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 1.4 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 2.4 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 1.3 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 4.5 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 4.2 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 5.2 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 4.1 |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | . |
| C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | . |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 10.1 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 11.7 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 14.1 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 8.9 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | 9.2 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | 12.7 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 11.3 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | 8.8 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | 11.1 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 7.1 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 5.8 |
| M-N Business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | 6.2 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 7.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 9.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 11.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 6.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | 6.5 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | 10.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 8.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | 6.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | 8.7 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 4.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 3.3 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | 3.7 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 12.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 14.4 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 16.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 11.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | 11.9 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | 15.4 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 14.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | 11.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | 13.5 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 9.6 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 8.3 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | 8.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 7.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 10.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 14.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 8.5 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | 5.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | 7.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 9.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | 8.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | 13.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 8.4 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 9.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | 9.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 4.0 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 6.5 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 10.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 4.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 May | 1.4 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 June | 4.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 July | 5.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 August | 4.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | 9.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | 4.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 5.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | 5.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 11.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 14.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 18.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 April | 12.8 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Table explanation
The employment indicator is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment of enterprises. When assessing the results, it can be assumed that the more optimistic or pessimistic the entrepreneurs are, the more the value of business confidence will deviate positively or negatively from the zero line. A positive figure for the indicator indicates an expansion of the workforce, a negative figure indicates a shrinking workforce.
The employment indicator in the total Dutch private sector is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying sectors/industries, which together form a representative reflection of the Dutch business community from an economic viewpoint.
The aggregation ‘all enterprises (no finance or energy)’ includes all available branches questioned in the Business Survey Netherlands. Because not every branch is questioned monthly, this aggregation will only have data available for the first month of each quarter. The aggregation ‘C industry, H-S services and 45+47’ includes all monthly questioned branches and serves as a subtotal of the monthly questionnaire.
Data available from: January 2012.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.
Changes as of December 29th 2025:
Figures of December 2025 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Figures of January 2026 are expected to be published the 5th of February 2026.
Description topics
- Employment indicator
- Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment